Literary Titans of the Millennium

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This unique book is about millennium’s twenty-nine greatest writers, who made distinctive contributions to the literary heritage of the world in style, in theme, or in ideas.  They not only captured the color and the flavor of their times, but also left behind a lasting message for posterity through enchanting tales, impertinent satires, breath taking dramas and engrossing travelogues and also through flaming defiance of injustice and oppression. With wit, humor and empathy, Achala Moulik describes the charming Murasaki in the imperial court of tenth-century Japan, the somber poet Danta of Florence, the ecologist Saint Francis of Assisi, the intrepid travelers Marco Polo and Ibn Batuta, the saucy and the sagacious Wu-Cheng-En of Ming China, the effulgent Shakespeare, the majestic Russians, the romantic Goethe of Germany, the American prophets of liberty and quality and the heroes of reawakening India. She ends with Anne Frank, the courageous Jewish girl who wrote a moving diary before her death in a Nazi camp. Through twenty-nine literary figures, the author depicts the painful progress of civilization in this millennium.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Achala Moulik

Achala Moulik was educated in England, USA, and Italy. She obtained a degree in Economics, History and International Law from London University and then joined the IAS. She was Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India, and Education Secretary to the Government of India. A novelist, poet, playwright and cultural historian, Achala has written twenty-one books. She has been Guest Lecturer at the Getty Conservation Institute at USA, has been a member of several UNESCO-ICOMOS committees on heritage, the United States Education Foundation of India, Trustee of the National Book Trust and the Indian Museum.

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Title
Literary Titans of the Millennium
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8174762361
Length
299p.
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